The eLearning Center for Gatlin Education Services

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML is one of the most popular current programming techniques used in web application development. Use this Internet technology training series to learn how to build interactive, exciting, fast apps for your web site programming.

1. History and Revival of AJAX
Time: 1 hours
This course provides a foundation of AJAX fundamentals, including a background and history of browsers and their development.
Objectives

• Describe beginnings of browser development
• Describe beginnings of key benefits and features of AJAX

Topics

• History and revival of AJAX

2. Introducing JavaScript
Time: 1 hours
This course illustrates the basic syntax for writing JavaScript functions, as well as how to create and use JavaScript objects.
Objectives

• Explain the historical basis of JavaScript
• Describe how to declare and use JavaScript variables
• Describe how to declare and use JavaScript functions

Topics

• Introducing JavaScript

3. The XMLHttpRequest Object
Time: 1 hours
This course describes the basic procedures for using the XmlHttpRequest object to make dynamic AJAX calls without having to send the entire Web page back to the server.
Objectives

• Describe the functionality and basic usage of the XmlHttpRequest object

Topics

• The XmlHttpRequest object

4. N-Tier and AJAX
Time: 1 hours
This course describes the architecture and design of N-Tier applications.
Objectives

• Describe the structure of N-tier applications
• Explain how AJAX can be used in N-tiered applications

Topics

• N-tier and AJAX

5. Rich Internet Applications
Time: 1 hours
This course describes the functionality and benefits of rich Internet applications and explains how AJAX improves the utility and performance of these types of applications.
Objectives

• Describe the structure and architecture of rich Internet applications
• Explain how AJAX can be beneficially used in creating rich Internet applications

Topics

• Rich Internet applications

6. CSS and the DOM
Time: 1 hours
This course teaches how to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control the appearance, behavior, and position of objects on a Web page, and how to use the Document Object Model (DOM) to manipulate those Web page elements in memory.
Objectives

• Work with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and the Document Object Model (DOM) to control the appearance, behavior and positioning of objects on a Web page

Topics

• CSS and the DOM

7. AJAX Frameworks
Time: 1 hours
This course identifies popular AJAX frameworks, compares and contrasts their capabilities, and describes key benefits and features.
Objectives

• Describe capabilities of popular AJAX frameworks

Topics

• AJAX Frameworks

8. Understanding an AJAX Library
Time: 1 hours
This course describes the contents of an AJAX library and explains how to use the library in developing an AJAX-based application.
Objectives

• Describe the contents of an AJAX library
• Explain the utility of an AJAX library in developing an AJAX application

Topics

• Understanding an AJAX library

9. AJAX and Web Services
Time: 1 hours
This course describes how to create a Web service and consume it from an AJAX-based application.
Objectives

• Identify how to integrate AJAX with Web services
• Create a Web service and consume it from within an AJAX-based application

Topics

• AJAX and Web services

10. Tagging with AJAX
Time: 1 hours
This course teaches how to create AJAX applications that use "tagging" to perform user-defined content classification.
Objectives

• Describe how to perform user-defined content classification
• Identify how to implement user-defined content classification using AJAX

Topics

• Tagging with AJAX

11. Cloning Google Suggest
Time: 1 hours
This course teaches how to use AJAX technology to perform autocompletion by 'cloning', or imitating, a popular autocompletion application, Google Suggest.
Objectives

• Describe how autocompletion technology works
• Implement limited autocompletion functionality using AJAX

Topics

• Cloning Google Suggest

12. User Controls and AJAX.NET
Time: 1 hours
This course teaches how to create and customize reusable "drag-and-drop" controls.
Objectives

• Design reusable "drag-and-drop" controls that utilize AJAX technologies
• Customize reusable controls

Topics

• User controls and AJAX.NET

13. AJAX and Mapping
Time: 1 hours
This course shows how to use AJAX to create mapping-enabled utility sites.
Objectives

• Examine how to create mapping-enabled sites ("mash-ups")
• Describe how to implement AJAX technology in mash-up sites

Topics

• AJAX and mapping

14. AJAX and Web Parts
Time: 1 hours
This course teaches how to use AJAX to create Web Parts and integrate those Web Parts into user-definable "portal" Web sites.
Objectives

• Define "portal" Web sites
• Explain how Web Parts are used to create portal Web sites
• Explain how AJAX is used in the creation of Web Parts

Topics

• AJAX and Web parts

15. AJAX and ASP.NET Security
Time: 1 hours
This course provides tools to efficiently test and implement security in AJAX applications.
Objectives

• Describe the importance of security in AJAX applications
• Identify and describe key ASP.NET tools that implement security in ASP.NET applications

Topics

• AJAX and ASP.NET security

16. Performance
Time: 1 hours
This course provides tools and techniques to improve the performance of AJAX applications.
Objectives

• Identify performance benefits of AJAX
• Design your application to take advantage of AJAX performance benefits

Topics

• Performance

17. Debugging Your Application
Time: 1 hours
This course covers debuging AJAX applications.
Objectives

• Describe how to debug AJAX applications
• Identify and implement key debugging techniques

Topics

• Debugging your application

18. AJAX and Site Testing
Time: 1 hours
This course describes how to perform "stress testing" of an AJAX-enabled Web site and compare the behavior of an AJAX-enabled Web site with that of a non-AJAX-enabled Web site.
Objectives

• Define how an application should behave under stress
• Explain how to stress test a Web application
• Describe what tools are available to stress test an application

Topics

• AJAX and site testing

19. AJAX Usability
Time: 1 hours
This course provides tips and techniques used to analyze and improve the usability of AJAX-enabled applications.
Objectives

• Describe best practices for usability of AJAX applications
• Explain implications of failure to implement usability best practices in AJAX applications

Topics

• AJAX usability

20. Atlas
Time: 1 hours
This course describes how Microsoft has combined AJAX and ASP.NET into a technology called ATLAS and discusses how to develop applications using ATLAS.
Objectives

• Explain the integration of AJAX and ASP.NET into ATLAS
• Describe the benefits and key features of ATLAS
• Explain how to create applications using ATLAS

Topics

• ATLAS